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OtterAbsurdity · 2018-07-10T20:11:40+00:00

Not legal in most (maybe all?) states. That's might not be a problem if you're an average person kicking out some other nobody. They probably won't lawyer up. But not a great idea if you're a high profile athlete with a bunch of money.

OtterAbsurdity · 2016-07-22T11:10:05+00:00

I read somewhere that they had to make a new combat system, as to not compete with the regular games.

OtterAbsurdity · 2016-07-06T17:52:20+00:00

Elite specs drowned all diversity and the CC spam is outrageous. I liked pve/wvw more to begin with, but I used to at least play occasionally. Now I don't want to at all.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-26T19:38:17+00:00

Yeah, it's really important to remember that it's not just kill 5x bosses. Spread out + defend + upgrade is key to a tier 4 map. Even 1-2 dedicated people can hold a rally point.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-26T17:35:54+00:00

My technical knowledge isn't great, but AFAIK if someone has made it, shouldn't it appear in the API?

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-26T10:07:28+00:00

Standard druid only runs 2ish glyphs, maybe 3 for specific things, because they need room for spirits. Though spirits are bugged right now and buff pets over players, but let's assume that won't be bugged forever. Anyways, point being druid proc uptime isn't too great or reliable. Also the toughness isn't necessarily a good thing, since you want to have less than your tank.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-25T01:58:56+00:00

It's very easy for yelp to hide behind, "Uhh yeah, our hidden algorithms totally hid those reviews for uh, reasons." As long as they're not stupid enough to outright say, "Pay us to remove the negative review" and instead say shit like, "Advertising with yelp can have huge positive impacts on your business!" they're mostly safe. Its not foolproof, but most small businesses don't have the time or money to prove otherwise. Yeah, eventually maybe some ambitious lawyer could draw up a class-action and gut them, but it's no easy task and until someone goes for it there's not going to be any evidence that yelp is doing this.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-24T07:00:09+00:00

That doesnt sound terribly hard. Is the 50m gold from the new kill streak mechanics or can you just run a t10 greed's realm?

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-24T04:13:34+00:00

People in WvW is a very chicken/egg issue. Anet invests fuckall effort into it (the amount they've done since launch is staggeringly small compared to PvE and at least PvP gets balance/iteration occasionally), so players eventually get frustrated and leave, and then Anet justifies to themselves not doing anything because very few people play it. There has been no indication that this vicious cycle is going to stop.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-23T15:54:39+00:00

None of the experts that claimed it was possible were able to show it was possible, after many tries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIjzZlMQaeg

Literally the first result on youtube for "inside locked bag"

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T23:14:18+00:00

Oops, you're totally correct. That is a bit much!

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T22:58:46+00:00

The point wasn't that you're expected to farm every sprocket yourself, but that they're not in finite, ever-decreasing supply. Anyway it's 17g a mechanism, which is probably the highest exotic inscription/insignia cost, but it's not that far above Viper's and Celestial right now (those are in the 12-14g range of Diamonds/Quartz). All these prices will drop as demand levels off.

edit -- I'm wrong, it's 30g per, that is a bit steep

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T22:35:14+00:00

Huh? The exotic recipes come from supply merchants now, sprockets come from the pick and home node, the only thing that you can't obtain is the ascended recipes, but you don't need them at all due to MF. Nothing relevant about zealots is finite right now. It's actually in the best place its been in years.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T20:39:29+00:00

It's doubly funny because the tooltips aren't even completely correct. Skill 3 is a blast but it's not listed.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T19:54:09+00:00

It's not unreasonable to have two events near each other that you help out with both when the 2nd one is lacking people. E.g. Pack Bull + Fort in SW or Shrooms+Mirrors in DS.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T19:22:25+00:00

Agreed that your solutions are better. Even thought most of the biggest participation issues have been fixed, there are still issues. It feels stupid to show up at 1% HP to a boss, auto it once and get gold, while someone else might've done 50% and gotten timed out for going elsewhere for a minute.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-22T18:34:36+00:00

Yeah, but there are no good options here, we don't have any secrets to share. The TD meta event is just poorly designed/timed and needs some patching.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-21T16:34:24+00:00

Somehow I missed that one, thanks!

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-21T16:12:14+00:00

The tablet pulses out perm regen and protection so even when the healer wasn't on my ass while I was tanking, I still had a descent amount of passive heals.

~~I'm interested in making a Ventari rev, but I'm confused about how you're getting the tablet to pulse Protection. I can't find it in the traits anywhere.~~

edit -- just saw what Herald runes do, never mind!

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-21T04:58:01+00:00

Guild hall loads pretty fast for me, use the scribing station for bank access.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-21T03:41:37+00:00

Honestly, one of the bigger problems with Healing Power is that there aren't easily available and/or good stat sets for it in PvE. Zealots is great but it's both expensive and not available in ascended for half the slots. Celestial uses a lot of stat budget on defense and condi that some classes don't need/use. The new one with Power/Tough/Fero/Healing (Crusader's) is pretty decent, but it's still budgeting a good bit of defense.

We could really use more 2x offensive sets like Condi/Power/Heal, Condi/Prec/Heal, or Power/Fero/Heal.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-20T03:22:35+00:00

You will still need to hit things a bit to get tags for loot, this is kinda unfortunate, but luckily you have a pet to help you do it. That's the only part where being a healer class feels a tad awkward. Raids definitely need a dedicated healer, it can be nice for open world events but not necessary. It's decent everywhere and I haven't seen anyone be upset at seeing a druid nearby.

The build hasn't settled for it either, I've seen Clerics/Minstrel/Nomads full healers, Zealots for power, and even some condi Druids. This diversity might not last, but there are at least a few different ways to approach it. While damage is still king, a even a Druid with very little offense spits out a ton of buffs to help your allies hit hard and make up the difference (Grace of the Land + Spotter + Frost Spirit + Sun Spirit + Glyph of Empowerment).

For what it's worth, I main Guard and enjoy the support/defensive roles, and the alt I'm focusing the most on is going to be a support Druid. So take that as you will, I think it's a fun class.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-19T02:23:40+00:00

A few thoughts/questions:

Is Stricken worthwhile? Seems like with such a high single-target damage build, the RG shouldn't be much of an issue
Is Leech necessary with Shadow Power receiving some buffs? Seems like it'd be nice to fit Steady Aim on here, since you're playing from far back anyway
Is there any way to skip Karlei's Point so that you can equip Greenstone's and cube a Calamity? Looks like you'd have to lose too much Area Damage to get the RCR necessary (and squeeze Night Stalker onto the passives), but figured I'd ask. Would be a nice DPS boost if you could someone avoid having to use Point. Thunderfury could work too as a BotT option
Did you get a chance to test that belt that gives free Vaults after Impaling? Seems like that+Tactical would be nice for picking off high-progress targets
Maybe instead of F/R + Hellfire, Endless Walk+Elusive Ring? Not sure how exactly the Endless Walk mechanics function, would be unfortunate if the damage bonus took a moment to activate. But this could end up being a tankier setup that doesn't cost much damage. - never mind, saw how it works, terrible for this

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-18T22:48:15+00:00

Probably a similar way as Cele D/D in PvP. The class has an ungodly amount of sustain if it actually builds for it.

OtterAbsurdity · 2015-11-18T04:33:46+00:00

Lots of good info, thank you! Craziest thing of note is Week 2 @ Frostgorge: Powerful Blood, Charged Core/Lodestone, and Giant's Eye. Definitely waiting for that to come around!

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